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Should I ship a Snow Racing game?
Racing + Snow
Only 16 developers shipped a Snow Racing game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Mon Bazou, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $9.5M, ×15217 the market median. Revenue is up 278425% on the market; 23 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) |
| Top 25% | $3.7M (exactly $3,716,959) |
| Top 5% | $9.6M (exactly $9,556,583) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 278425% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 43,629 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
SnowRunner 2021 · $42M 
Steep™ 2016 · $28M 
Mon Bazou 2025 · $9.6M 
Assetto Corsa Rally 2025 · EA · $7.9M 
Sledders 2025 · $3.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SnowRunner | older | $29.99 | 46,343 90% | 1.4M | $42M (exactly $41,694,797) | Saber Interactive |
| | Steep™ | older | $29.99 | 30,589 82% | 918k | $28M (exactly $27,520,923) | Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ub… (Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev) |
| | Mon Bazou | $15.99 | 19,922 97% | 598k | $9.6M (exactly $9,556,583) | Santa Goat | |
| | Assetto Corsa Rally | · EA | $29.99 | 8,757 87% | 263k | $7.9M (exactly $7,878,673) | Supernova Games Studios |
| | Sledders | $29.99 | 4,372 95% | 131k | $3.9M (exactly $3,933,488) | Hanki Games | |
 | Easy Delivery Co. | $12.99 | 9,538 95% | 286k | $3.7M (exactly $3,716,959) | Sam C | |
 | Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders | $24.99 | 749 91% | 22k | $562k (exactly $561,525) | Megagon Industries | |
 | Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands | older | $19.99 | 320 92% | 9.6k | $192k (exactly $191,904) | Toppluva AB |
 | The Snowboard Game | older | $14.99 | 309 82% | 9.3k | $139k (exactly $138,957) | Let it roll AB |
 | Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens | $14.99 | 179 95% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Mushreb Games | |
 | Slopecrashers | $17.99 | 82 93% | 2.5k | $44k (exactly $44,255) | byteparrot | |
 | Retro Racing 2 | $11.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Mr Qwak | |
 | Snowscape | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Cosnow, Yim Sang Woo, parser, MEADOWS95 | |
 | Car Soccer Simulator | · EA | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Kongratz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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